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RM2902   Aragonite and goethite
Ca(CO3)
  -  5. Carbonides and nitrates

Divergent aggregate of aragonite crystals, very aesthetic, brilliant and transparent to translucent. They are disposed on a matrix with goethite. Aragonite specimens from Lavrion are prized by collectors for their aesthetics.

Size: 7 x 5.2 x 3.9 cm.
Main crystal: 8.5 mm.
Found in ±1990.
Classic locality
RM2878   Pyromorphite
Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl
  -  8. Phosphates, arsenates and vanadates

Group of pyromorphite crystals with a brownish green color, with very well defined hexagonal shapes and well defined faces and edges. It comes from a classic Spanish mine and from which good quality specimens have come out.

Size: 3.2 x 3 x 1.8 cm.
Main crystal: 7.8 mm.
Classic locality
35 €
RM2876   Pyromorphite
Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl
  -  8. Phosphates, arsenates and vanadates

Group of pyromorphite crystals with a brownish green color, with very well defined hexagonal shapes and well defined faces and edges. It comes from a classic Spanish mine and from which good quality specimens have come out.

Size: 3.3 x 2.1 x 2 cm.
Main crystal: 5 mm.
Classic locality
35 €
RM2873   Pyromorphite
Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl
  -  8. Phosphates, arsenates and vanadates

Group of pyromorphite crystals with a brownish green color, with very well defined hexagonal shapes and well defined faces and edges. It comes from a classic Spanish mine and from which good quality specimens have come out. An aesthetic miniature.

Size: 3.3 x 3 x 2.4 cm.
Main crystal: 1 cm.
Classic locality
Sold
RM2847   "Window" quratz
SiO₂
  -  4. Oxides and hydroxides

Quartz specimen with marked "window" growths with inclusions. These Allos pass crystals are not very common on the market. Allos pass is situated on the edge of Mercantour National Park approximately 20 km from the small village of Barcelonnette.

Size: 8.5 x 6.3 x 3 cm.
65 €
RM2817   Stibnite
Sb₂S₃
  -  2. Sulfides and sulfosalts

Very thick and good size stibnite crystal from this classic Romanian mine. It presents an elongated prism, striated, with an excellent brightness. Very rich in facets in the upper terminal part, with complex bipyramidal faces. On the main crystal we observe a group of crystals of the same mineral, finer, that suppose a second crystallization. Nowadays it is difficult to find specimens of this quality from this mine. It comes from a former Austrian collection.

Size: 6.9 x 1.7 x 1.8 cm.
Found in ±1970.
Col. F. Schweiger (Wien).
130 €
RM2816   Stibnite
Sb₂S₃
  -  2. Sulfides and sulfosalts

More than an excellent specimen from Herja mine, a world-class Romanian locality for stibnite. This piece, of a very good size, is formed by several groups of thick prismatic crystals with visible terminal faces. We can observe a second generation of thin crystals. Nowadays it is difficult to find samples of this quality, for museum display cases. It belongs from a former Austrian collection.

Size: 13 x 5.7 x 4.5 cm.
Main crystal: 11 x 0.6 cm.
Found in ±1980.
Col. F. Schweiger (Wien).
Classic locality
260 €
RM2774   Baryte
Ba(SO4)

These baryte crystals are very different from the usual ones that we can see coming from this Moroccan locality and even from other deposits famous for baryte. These are prisms of different orders, the predominant third order, truncated by the second order. We observe that a white geometric growth has formed and only affects certain faces of the rhombic prisms. This zoning is unusual for the species. The crystals are transparent and brilliant.

Size: 7.8 x 4 x 1.3 cm.
Found in 2021.
35 €
RM2788   Epidote and quartz

Very aesthetic aggregates of epidote crystals forming beams, with brilliance, defined and with this classic green color. They are disposed on the matrix with quartz crystals, forming very interesting concentric growths.

Size: 6.7 x 5.7 x 2.8 cm.
Main crystal: 9 mm.
Found in 2021.
70 €
RM2783   Chabazite-Ca and heulandite

Very rich chabazite-Ca specimen, with defined and brilliant crystals, those cover one side of the matrix, while on the other we can see numerous heulandite crystals with groups of chabazite-Ca in the upper part. This specimen belongs from the Faroe Islands (Færøerne, which means "islands of lambs"), an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark, made up of a small archipelago in the North Atlantic, between the United Kingdom, Norway and Iceland. It is not easy to find zeolites from this area.

Size: 8 x 5.5 x 4 cm.
Main crystal: 1.9 cm.
100 €
RM2781   Fluorite
CaF₂
  -  3. Halides

Group of cubic to prismatic fluorite crystals, translucent, with a color between violet to purple depending on the incident light. A good size specimen with a matrix on the back. From this classic Moroccan mine.

Size: 7.6 x 5.2 x 3.3 cm.
Main crystal: 2 cm.
Found in 2020.
180 €
RM2794   Malachite with cuprite and dolomite
Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂
  -  5. Carbonides and nitrates

A novelty from the Bleida mines. Groups of malachite crystals, prismatic to needle like, forming velvety aggregates with intense brilliance and color. They are disposed in the cavities of a quartz and dolomite matrix, with cuprite.

Size: 5.3 x 3.5 x 2.7 cm.
Found in 2021.
90 €
RM2727   Pyrite, sphalerite and quartz

These pyrite specimens from this Bulgarian mining area are very aesthetic, highlighting the complex forms and penetration twins they present. Good luster and color. They are accompanied by crystals of quartz, sphalerite and brilliant chalcopyrite on the matrix. It comes from a mining area known as the Septemvri mine, which includes the following deposits: Sharenka, Baram, Mogilata, Osikovo and Pechinsko.

Size: 3.8 x 2.2 x 2.1 cm.
Main crystal: 1.8 cm.
45 €
RM2728   Pyrite, sphalerite, chalcopyrite and quartz

These pyrite specimens from this Bulgarian mining area are very aesthetic, highlighting the complex forms. Good luster and color. They are accompanied by crystals of quartz, sphalerite and brilliant chalcopyrite on the matrix. It comes from a mining area known as the Septemvri mine, which includes the following deposits: Sharenka, Baram, Mogilata, Osikovo and Pechinsko.

Size: 3.3 x 2.9 x 1.5 cm.
Main crystal: 2.5 cm.
45 €
RM2729   Pyrite, sphalerite, chalcopyrite and quartz

These pyrite specimens from this Bulgarian mining area are very aesthetic, highlighting the complex forms and penetration twins they present. Good luster and color. They are accompanied by crystals of quartz, sphalerite and brilliant chalcopyrite on the matrix. It comes from a mining area known as the Septemvri mine, which includes the following deposits: Sharenka, Baram, Mogilata, Osikovo and Pechinsko.

Size: 4.4 x 3.3 x 2.5 cm.
Main crystal: 2.3 cm.
60 €
RM2717   Malachite with chalcopyrite-bornite
Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂
  -  5. Carbonides and nitrates

A novelty from the Bleida mines. Groups of malachite crystals, prismatic to needle like, forming velvety aggregates with intense brilliance and color. They are disposed in the cavities of a quartz and dolomite matrix, with chalcopyrite and bornite.

Size: 10 x 9 x 7 cm.
Found in 2021.
110 €
RM2806   Hyaline quartz
SiO₂
  -  4. Oxides and hydroxides

This group of hyaline quartz crystals belongs from the Cabiche mine, very sharp, with exceptional transparency and luster. They show parallel and at the same time crossed growths. Quartz specimens from this Colombian mine, located in the Boyacá emerald mining area, have been well known since the end of the last century.

Size: 6.6 x 4.7 x 3.1 cm.
Main crystal: 6 cm.
Found in 2018.
95 €
RM2803   Quartz with Halloysite inclusions, "mango quartz"
SiO₂
  -  4. Oxides and hydroxides

Quartz specimens from this Colombian mine, located in the Boyacá emerald mining area, have been well known since the end of the last century. By 2017, new galleries were opened those located different geodes. These crystals, called "mango quartz" or "crown quartz" were found in them, with inclusions that, after being recently analyzed, were determined as halloysite. The inclusions show filamentous structures and the tips of the crystals turn to orange tones. On our website we have already sold some samples with these inclusions on sale, without the orange coloration. Really aesthetic and on a matrix with goethitized dolomite-siderite.

Size: 7.7 x 5.5 x 4.7 cm.
Main crystal: 3.8 cm.
Found in 2018.
95 €
RM2802   Quartz with Halloysite inclusions, "mango quartz"
SiO₂
  -  4. Oxides and hydroxides

Quartz specimens from this Colombian mine, located in the Boyacá emerald mining area, have been well known since the end of the last century. By 2017, new galleries were opened those located different geodes. These crystals, called "mango quartz" or "crown quartz" were found in them, with inclusions that, after being recently analyzed, were determined as halloysite. The inclusions show filamentous structures and the tips of the crystals turn to orange tones. On our website we have already sold some samples with these inclusions on sale, without the orange coloration. Really aesthetic and on a matrix with goethitized dolomite-siderite.

Size: 7 x 6 x 5 cm.
Main crystal: 6.6 cm.
Found in 2018.
130 €
RM2710   Grossular, var. hessonite, with clinochlore

Brilliant specimen formed by a druse of defined tarpezohedral crystals of grossular, hessonite variety. Intense color, shine and transparence. It is accompanied by groups of green clinochlorine crystals.

Size: 5.2 x 4.1 x 2 cm.
Main crystal: 5 mm.
90 €
RM2703   Pyrite and hematite

Very brilliant pyrohedron cluster, of good size and with well defined faces and edges. With some hematite brilliant lamellar crystals. From this classic Italian locality. It belongs to the Joan Astor collection (Barcelona), with a handwritten and typewritten label.

Size: 5.4 x 4.4 x 3 cm.
Main crystal: 2.2 cm.
Found in ± 1975.
Col. Joan Astor (Barcelona). cv.
Classic locality
RM2702   Pyrite

Very brilliant pyrohedron cluster, of good size and with well defined faces and edges. From this classic Italian locality. It belongs to the Joan Astor collection (Barcelona), with a handwritten and typewritten label.

Size: 4 x 3.5 x 3.2 cm.
Found in ± 1974.
Col. Joan Astor (Barcelona). cv.
Classic locality
55 €
RM2675   Axinite-(Fe)
Ca4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2

Group of sharp tabular axinite-(Fe) crystals from this classic French locality. Brilliant, transparent to translucent. The piece belongs from the Joan Astor collection and dates from the late 70s.

Size: 5.7 x 5.2 x 2.2 cm.
Found in ± 1977.
Col. Joan Astor (Barcelona).
Classic locality
45 €
RM2666   Celestine and calcite
Sr(SO4)
  -  7. Sulfates, chromates, molybdates and wolframates

Another well-known locality for celestite specimens in La Segarra (Lleida) is the Tossal Gros quarry (Can Fontanella or Roca quarry). Oligocene lacustrine marls, marly limestones and limestones containing geodes with diagenetic celestite. The grayish matrix is very characteristic. The prismatic, acute crystals, between transparent to translucent, are disposed in the cavities of the marl rock. They are accompanied by calcite crystals. A classic of Catalan mineralogy.

Size: 12 x 9.3 x 5.2 cm.
Main crystal: 1.2 cm.
Found in ca. 1980's.
Classic locality
55 €
RM2660   Book-shaped baryte
Ba(SO4)

A classic specimen of baryte from Sant Marçal mines, in the Montseny massif, Catalonia. Group of very good size lenticular crystals forming these book-shaped structures. Dotted with small hyaline quartz crystals. A classic that cannot be missing from any baryte collector.

 

Size: 14 x 6.3 x 5.8 cm.
Found in ca. 1970's.
Classic locality
55 €